Limerick flood victims furious about canal-gates delay

Devastated home-owners in the Corbally area of Limerick are demanding answers, after “man-made flooding”, which they say was avoidable, wreaked havoc.

Houses in Richmond Park were flooded, and cars submerged in water, after the canal burst its banks on Saturday night.

The local secondary school, Ard Scoil Mhuire, narrowly escaped major water damage: Flood waters lapped its doors, but didn’t rise any further.